7 Fantastic Facts We Just Learned About Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them

Harry Potter fans have been waiting a long time to see more wizarding adventures from the franchise on screen, and next year we’ll get to take a look at J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Here are seven things we just found out about the movie, which is currently filming.

Newt Has A Niffler

The great thing about a movie title like this is it tells you almost exactly what to expect. There will likely be beasts aplenty in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Now, thanks to Entertainment Weekly we know a bit of what we can look forward to seeing. One definite? The Niffler, a small treasure hunter with a love for shiny things, that Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) keeps as a sort of a pet. Other possibilities include the deadly Lethifold, which looks like a black cloak gliding along the ground and suffocates people in their sleep; a hand sized walking stick-like creature, the Bowtruckle, which Newt keeps in his pocket; and the music loving, but sometimes fierce, Merpeople, one of which is shown above.